Original artwork description:

Taosia is an unusual sculpture representing an elven creature with Asian features, evoking wisdom and feminine intuition through lovely tones of cinnamon, black and pale green ochre.

Its name comes from -tao and -sia. Tao is regarded in Asia as the fundamental force that flows through all things in the universe, while Sia is a deity from Egyptian mythology, personifying intuition and helping to make the right decisions.

This work icould be part of the CalbinoOz series, as it is made from natural gourd wood selected for its originality, completed with surfine wood cellulose, then painted and varnished. But it belongs above all to the Ostréïdes series, which uses a combination of unusual natural materials such as Taosia's ears and headdress, created from dried urns of a carnivorous plant called nepenthe. The arms and hands are carved from root wood, while the tunic is made from painted and varnished wood flower. Ostreides generally evoke the wisdom of the soul transcending matter...

Base in homemade heavy wood, blackened to resemble antique wood.

Signed on the base.

Materials: natural gourd wood, dried nepenthe carnivorous plant urns, root wood, wood flower, surfine wood cellulose, acrylic paint, marine varnish.

Dimensions with base approx.: H 52 x W 13.5 x D 13.5 cm

Materials used:

calabash wood, wood cellulose, acrylic paint, varnish

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